US wants to try Hambali over September 11

US authorities want to try alleged terror chief Hambali for the September 11 attacks, The Washington Times has reported.

"We want to try him for September 11," the paper quoted a US official, who spoke privately, as saying.

Hambali is believed to be the Asian pointman for the al-Qaeda group, which is blamed for the September 11 attacks on the United States, and the operations chief of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a South-East Asian terror network accused of carrying out last October's Bali bombings and a string of other attacks.

The September 11, 2001 attacks left about 3000 people dead and have been claimed by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

Asia's most wanted man was arrested in Thailand on August 11 during a raid on his modest rented apartment in the central town of Ayutthaya.

Hambali, who is wanted for questioning in Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore is now in US custody and is being held at an undisclosed location.